rowing boat

chiefly British

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for rowing boat
Noun
  • There are also boat tours, kayak and canoe rentals, hiking, and fishing within the park.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
  • Seminoles were able to row their canoes on the river right up to the building to conduct business with Frank.
    Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 10 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • The feature brings together a raft of rising Arab production talent.
    Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Oct. 2025
  • While gently gliding down a clear Jamaican river, surrounded by dense green jungle, the sound of water trickling along the raft and birds in the distance gives the video an idyllic feel at first glance.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Julie Andrews was repeatedly toppled by helicopter downdrafts while filming the opening scene, the rowboat sequence nearly ended in disaster when the boat capsized and Gretl (Kym Karath) almost drowned.
    Cathy Whitlock, Architectural Digest, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Chinese-style mud houses line the lake’s edge—their curved roofs reflected in still waters as wooden rowboats drift past floating lanterns.
    Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Kelly’s father owned a pontoon boat that, in high school, had been off limits.
    David Wright Faladé, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2025
  • The result is what seems to be a cross between a catamaran and a giant fishing pontoon with a large open deck measuring 900 ft² (83 m²) that can handle standard shipping containers weighing up to 30 tonnes.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 28 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Dozens have died in recent years trying to cross one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes in overcrowded dinghies.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
  • An additional autonomous dinghy could serve as the above water collection point.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 23 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • There are also boat tours, kayak and canoe rentals, hiking, and fishing within the park.
    Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 14 Oct. 2025
  • One example cited by Powell of the go-go days is the big-ticket item that consumers bought during the pandemic, like a kayak, but who now don’t need a new one.
    Vicki M. Young, Footwear News, 8 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • On Monday morning, Duane and Bill took the skiff to the far side of the lake.
    Marguerite Reiss, Outdoor Life, 9 Oct. 2025
  • But those were mere skiffs by comparison with the general-entertainment battleships.
    Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Ratajkowski began booking more modeling gigs and was named Esquire's Woman of the Year in 2013.
    Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Moses Moody and De'Anthony Melton might also have a shot at the starting shooting guard gig, as could Friday's starter, Will Richard.
    Alex Kirschenbaum, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Oct. 2025
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“Rowing boat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/rowing%20boat. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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